"The Simpsons" used its blackboard
opening sequence Sunday to reveal that Springfield is located…
somewhere far from you.

"The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours,"
Bart wrote on the blackboard in the opening of Sunday's "Beware
My Cheating Bart" episode.

That followed the beginning of the opening sequence, which read
"The Simpsons Now Entering Oregon."

"The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening said in an interview in the
new issue of Smithsonian magazine that he named
Springfield after the town in Oregon, which is near his hometown,
Portland. But that doesn't mean "The Simpsons" live in Oregon.

"I have no idea where the hell it is," Groening later
told E! News. "Like all Americans, I flunked
geography."

He also used a "Citizen Kane" reference to joke to TV Guide that "Springfield was the name
of my sled," while "Simpsons" showrunner Al Jean told TV Guide
that Smithsonian magazine "misinterpreted something I've heard
him say for at least 10 or 20 years. He was inspired by growing
up in Portland, but it's really an every town.

"It's really funny. Matt grew up in Oregon and parts of 'The
Simpsons' were definitely inspired by his childhood,"
Jean said last week. "But there is no specific state that
Springfield is in, and we will never reveal that secret … except
this coming Sunday at 8."

So, to sum it up, the Simpson family's Springfield is not in your
state. Unless your state is Oregon. But not even then.

"In the ('Simpsons') movie we say it borders on Ohio, Nevada,
Maine and Kentucky," Jean told TV Guide. "So good luck finding
that state. When you do, you're a true 'Simpsons' fan."